The next few months are crucial for the long-term future of international development policy and foreign aid. The Millennium Development Goals come to an end in 2015, and the planning for what comes next is already well underway.

We're at a key point in the influence of different generations on our society. In his book The Pinch, David Willetts talks about how we're in "generational equipoise", where the median person is around 40 years old and can expect to live to 80. But we also have a balance...

The economy is still the top issue for the government as chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne prepares for his Autumn Statement before Parliament today, and the economy remains the top issue for the public as well. Over half of Britons (55%) report it as a key issue in the...

The tragedy at Fukushima one year ago has had a hugely varied impact on public opinion and energy policy around the world. In our polling immediately afterwards, the effect seemed likely to be significant: a quarter of those who opposed nuclear power in the 24 countries surveyed said they did...

The Chancellor needs to pull off an impossible trick in the Autumn Statement today. On the one hand, he must maintain confidence among the financial markets that he's sticking to a credible deficit reduction plan. If he doesn't, we could be punished with higher costs of borrowing, making paying down...